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What's a new scientific concept or technological innovation that really makes you feel like we're living in the future? (reddthat.com)

submitted 1 year ago by WackyTabbacy42069@reddthat.com to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Everything going on in biology, but the existence of of Nana and Lulu especially. The first genetically altered humans are starting school pretty soon.

[–] JetpackJackson@feddit.de 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Say what now?

[–] Magzmak@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Google says the twins plus one other 1 yr younger child child were edited embryos using crispr to prevent them from getting HIV from their father(s). Which was and is unethical. They are supposedly doing fine.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 1 year ago

Yeah, the dude just kind of went rogue. One of them was fully edited, while the other has a blend of original and altered cells, because surprise surprise China's maddest scientist did a bad job. If they're still doing well that's good, because it wasn't certain there would be no side effects.

I'm glad they and any kids they have will be around whenever we start discussing doing it properly. And yes, Dr. He Jiankhui went to jail.

[–] JetpackJackson@feddit.de 6 points 1 year ago

Damn that's crazy. On the one hand, that's really awesome that we can make it so that the kids don't have HIV. On the other hand, I worry about people using it for really bad things... Thanks for telling me about it.